The alliances are an example of how crappy airlines eliminate the need for improvement through the elimination of competition, and also can control and manipulate the fares on certain routes that they control completely.
Check the fares on routes to Europe that AC/Lufthansa control exclusively vs routes that they compete with others on, on a site like expedia. No wonder they're terrified of EK.
Last edited by GMC1500; 24th May 2012 at 23:32.